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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.166 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:12:59 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Olympic Journey, 2012</title><subtitle>Olympic Journey, 2012</subtitle><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/atom.xml"/><generator uri="http://five.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.166 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Conor Recounts His Early Years At LFSC</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/12/3/conor-recounts-his-early-years-at-lfsc.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/12/3/conor-recounts-his-early-years-at-lfsc.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-12-03T15:06:03Z</published><updated>2012-12-03T15:06:03Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 90%;"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.swimlfsc.org/storage/d-5-lfsc-swimmers/001-conor/001-nov-2012-practice-and-clinic/DSC_0262.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1354569588229" alt="" width="861" height="569" /></span></span>Check out this article about <a href="http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/sports/16654119-419/olympian-dwyer-revisits-lake-forest-roots.html" target="_blank">Conor's recent visit</a> in this week's <em>Lake Forester</em>. Here's a sampling . . .</span></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 90%;">Q-- How did a club like Lake Forest Swim Club help you get to where you are today?</span></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 90%;">A-- &ldquo;They showed me how training hard can help me accomplish anything. This  is where I learned to train hard and push myself day in and day out.&rdquo;</span></h2>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Fun Day In Practice!</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/11/24/fun-day-in-practice.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/11/24/fun-day-in-practice.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-11-24T16:06:24Z</published><updated>2012-11-24T16:06:24Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;">We had a great training session on Friday when all of our college swimmers returned to the pond. Our Olympic Gold Medal teammate, Conor Dwyer, not only ripped through about 9000 meters but stayed to teach the Mighty Ducks, Yellow and Green Squad swimmers. Conor's insights into the Olympics, training and what steps he took along the way were invaluable. CD will be around for a few days then off to the US Nationals in Austin.</h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Following The Dream From LFSC To The Top</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/10/5/following-the-dream-from-lfsc-to-the-top.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/10/5/following-the-dream-from-lfsc-to-the-top.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-10-06T00:11:39Z</published><updated>2012-10-06T00:11:39Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img src="http://swimlfsc.squarespace.com/storage/e-1-web-graphics/001-pr-tv-and-news/Forest%20Bluff%20magazine%20logo.PNG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1349456443672" alt="" width="228" height="69" /></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><em>Matt Grevers shares his love of community, family and swimming in Forest &amp; Bluff magazine.</em></h3>
<p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://forestbluffmagazine.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=606" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 80%;"><strong><em>article</em></strong></span></a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Conor Dwyer Day In Winnetka!</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/8/26/conor-dwyer-day-in-winnetka.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/8/26/conor-dwyer-day-in-winnetka.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-08-26T05:46:43Z</published><updated>2012-08-26T05:46:43Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/winnetka_northfield/ct-tl-winnetka-olympian-dwyer-20120823,0,6024188.story" target="_blank"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/winnetka_northfield/ct-tl-winnetka-olympian-dwyer-20120823,0,6024188.story" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.swimlfsc.org/storage/03-advertising-and-pr-campaigns/001-got-olympians-2012/dwyer%20day%20trib.PNG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1345960184427" alt="" /></a></span></span></p>
<h2>Click picture to go to the Chicago Tribune article.</h2>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Thank You, Conor!</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/8/7/thank-you-conor.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/8/7/thank-you-conor.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-08-07T07:20:29Z</published><updated>2012-08-07T07:20:29Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img src="http://www.swimlfsc.org/storage/d-5-lfsc-swimmers/001-conor/conor dwyer color ribbon 1.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1344324341449" alt="" width="209" height="280" /></span>All LFSC members are invited to a special "Thank You, Conor" event on Tuesday, 7 August, at the Lake Bluff Park District pool. Regular practice (5:00pm start) will be interrupted briefly to take a team picture behind the Olympic flag he sent to the club.</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Please wear a LFSC t-shirt, any will do.</h2>
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<h4 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 110%;">You can find all of our Olympic coverage using the link below.</span></strong></h4>
<h4><a href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/" target="_blank"><strong style="font-size: 110%;">LFSC 2012 Olympic Landing Page</strong></a></h4>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Be Sure To Watch The Video</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/8/3/be-sure-to-watch-the-video.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/8/3/be-sure-to-watch-the-video.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-08-04T04:52:53Z</published><updated>2012-08-04T04:52:53Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Chicago Tribune reporter Lisa Black visited with the Holecek family and followed up with a practice visit. Here's the online article link, also found on page 4 of the Saturday (4 August) Chicago Tribune. You may have to become a digital subscriber to read/watch. It's free and it looks like you can opt out of the marketing stuff. Yana Dessev flirts with stardom at the 1:10 mark of the video.</h3>
<p><span style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-olympics-lake-forest-swimmers-20120804,0,1287794.story?dssReturn" target="_blank">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-olympics-lake-forest-swimmers-20120804,0,1287794.story?dssReturn</a></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Making History and Sacrifices</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/8/1/making-history-and-sacrifices.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/8/1/making-history-and-sacrifices.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-08-01T14:55:16Z</published><updated>2012-08-01T14:55:16Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><object width="592" height="346" id="msnbc1195c3" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=48435806&amp;width=592&amp;height=346" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc1195c3" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="592" height="346" FlashVars="launch=48435806&amp;width=592&amp;height=346" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 70%;">You can find all of our Olympic coverage using the link below.</span></h2>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/" target="_blank">LFSC 2012 Olympic Landing Page</a></strong></p>
<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 592px;">Visit NBCNews.com for <a style="text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important;" href="http://www.nbcnews.com">breaking news</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507">world news</a>, and <a style="text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072">news about the economy</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>It's Gold For Conor!</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/7/31/its-gold-for-conor.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/7/31/its-gold-for-conor.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-07-31T22:02:04Z</published><updated>2012-07-31T22:02:04Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><img src="http://www.swimlfsc.org/storage/d-5-lfsc-swimmers/002-olympics/800%20frel%20conor%20gets%20a%20medal.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1343781587476" alt="" width="492" height="387" /></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: 80%;">Conor fulfilled his goal of winning an Olympic Gold Medal today in the 800 free relay. Conor swam the second leg of the relay recording. 1:45.2 split. His teammates on the relay were Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Michael Phelps (Davis Tarwater, Matt McLean and Charlie Houchin swam in the heats with Conor to qualify the relay).</span></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 70%;">You can find all of our Olympic coverage using the link below.</span></h2>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/" target="_blank">LFSC 2012 Olympic Landing Page</a></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 80%;"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img src="http://www.swimlfsc.org/storage/d-5-lfsc-swimmers/002-olympics/800%20frel%20team%20w%20arms%20up.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1343781672517" alt="" width="187" height="101" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 80%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 80%;"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img src="http://swimlfsc.squarespace.com/storage/d-5-lfsc-swimmers/002-olympics/gold%20medal%202012.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1343781734829" alt="" width="142" height="157" /></span></span><span style="font-size: 80%;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img src="http://www.swimlfsc.org/storage/d-5-lfsc-swimmers/002-olympics/800%20frel%20team%20w%20medals.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1343781783776" alt="" width="203" height="101" /></span><br /></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Gold Medal! Go USA!</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/7/30/gold-medal-go-usa.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/7/30/gold-medal-go-usa.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-07-31T04:33:05Z</published><updated>2012-07-31T04:33:05Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/" target="_blank">LFSC 2012 Olympic Landing Page</a></strong><script type='text/javascript' src='http://WFLD.images.worldnow.com/interface/js/WNVideo.js?rnd=783779;hostDomain=www.myfoxchicago.com;playerWidth=630;playerHeight=355;isShowIcon=true;clipId=7560540;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay'></script><a title="Chicago News and Weather | FOX Chicago News" href="http://www.myfoxchicago.com">Chicago News and Weather | FOX Chicago News</a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>NewsFlash! Spoiler Alert! Olympic 100 Back Results Below!</title><id>http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/7/30/newsflash-spoiler-alert-olympic-100-back-results-below.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.swimlfsc.org/olympic/2012/7/30/newsflash-spoiler-alert-olympic-100-back-results-below.html"/><author><name>Lake Forest Swim Club</name></author><published>2012-07-30T19:12:40Z</published><updated>2012-07-30T19:12:40Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<h2>The World Record was just out of reach but the Gold Medal and an Olympic Record are pretty special. Congratulations, Matt!</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.swimlfsc.org/storage/d-5-lfsc-swimmers/002-olympics/100%20back%20finals.PNG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1343675662189" alt="" width="583" height="471" /></p>]]></content></entry></feed>